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NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

This document is a second addendum to PPS 7 'Quality Residential Environments' and must be read in conjunction with the policies contained within this PPS and within the previous addendum – 'Residenti

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

This document is a second Addendum to PPS 7 'Quality Residential Environments' and must be read in conjunction with the policies contained within this PPS and within the previous Addendum – 'Residenti

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

The size of a home is a key factor in defining who can live there and how they use the property, and this will be particularly important in terms of protecting the character of established residential

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

Planning permission will only be granted for the conversion or change of use of existing buildings to flats or apartments (including those for multiple occupancy) where all the criteria set out in Pol

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

The conversion and reuse of existing buildings for flats or apartments is consistent with achieving more sustainable patterns of residential development and makes an important contribution to meeting

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

The residential intensification of existing dwellings or the conversion of other buildings to residential use can however sometimes have negative impacts on the local character of an area, the amount

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

In line with existing planning policy and guidance with an emphasis on quality and sustainability, the overall aim is to ensure converted buildings sympathetically harmonise with adjacent properties a

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

To ensure that individual dwellings are appropriate for conversion, a minimum size limit is placed on dwellings which will be permitted for conversion to flats or apartments. At some locations within

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

Amenity space is an essential part of the character and quality of the environment of residential properties. It is important therefore to ensure, when bringing forward a proposal to convert an existi

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

Provision for waste and recycling storage should be appropriately screened from public view. Furthermore, proposals involving the replacement of front gardens with hard surface car parking areas will

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

Type Single Storey / Flat (m²) Two Storey (m²) Three Storey (m²) 1-Person / Bedsit 30/35 - - 1-Person / 1-Bedroom 35/40 - - 2-Person / 1-Bedroom 50/55 - - 3-Person / 2-Bedroom 60/65 70/75 - 4-Person /

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

PPS 8 requires that public open space is provided as an integral part of the development in proposals for 25 residential units or more.